Nature & Wildlife

Here we go again. The last time the power had gone out, we had experienced a considerable amount of rainfall and wind and lost power for almost 24 hours. You can read all about that here. This time it was around 6 pm when we lost power and we had experienced a really lovely day […]

There are three different areas of the property where I put my hummingbird feeders out. The old feeders I used in these areas were getting cracked and leaking, so I bought three new ones. The first feeder I bought is called the Droll Yankees Easy View Hummingbird Feeder and you can find it here. This […]

We had gone to bed with the hopes of waking up early so we could enjoy a beautiful and sunshine filled day at Poplar Stream Falls here in Maine. Well, that wasn’t the case. We had experienced some really heavy rainfall earlier in the night and well after we had gone to bed. Then the […]

It is that time of year again for the car and truck to get inspected. This is an annual event here, because the state of Maine requires it. Another annual event here in Maine is our very messy spring mud season. As much as we plan, there is no pleasant way of getting around on […]

Although spring has technically arrived several weeks ago, it sure hasn’t felt like it until today. We still have some snow on the ground here, but the weather is really starting to warm up. A few of our annual visitors have arrived such as the American woodcock (Scolopax minor) and the eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) […]

While taking bird photographs, I felt like I wasn’t achieving the kind of images I wanted to capture. I recently upgraded from a Canon 18-135mm lens to a Canon 55-250 lens. I got by with the other lens, but I want to take my photography to the next level. I also upgraded to a Canon […]

When putting out feeders for the birds, you also have to consider other critters showing up for a free meal. I lucked out for a while without anyone showing up other than the birds. We now have the occasional raccoon (Procyon lotor), skunk family (Mephitidae), eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis), American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), […]

We have been experiencing such beautiful weather here in Maine this winter and have been able to take advantage of really great hiking opportunities. With such little snowfall and mild weather so far, we have been able to hike with just hiking boots and dressing in light layers. Our route included starting from the parking […]

Hairy woodpeckers (Leuconotopicus villosus) have a much longer bill than the Downy Woodpecker, which has a thorn-like bill. Hairy Woodpeckers are black and white. The black wings are checkered with white and the head has two white stripes and a large white patch runs down the center of the black back. Males have a patch […]

Ice covered maple trees (Acer). An ice covered spirea flower (Rosaceae). A rock wall covered in ice. A frozen beech leaf (Fagaceae). Beech tree leaves (Fagaceae). Ice covered bee balm (Monarda). Maple Trees (Acer) covered in ice. An ice shape on a tree limb. Beech Leaves (Fagaceae) with ice. A fallen black spruce (Picea mariana) […]